Education Construction: Heating Up or Cooling Off?

Education projects are a hot topic in the construction industry, with some states seeing huge spikes in new projects and others facing a decline. Overall, McGraw Hill Construction Dodge found that US education starts decreased 6% in 2011 (vs. 2010) while the value of those project starts fell even lower (down 9%).

So where were the exceptions? Wyoming experienced a 7% increase in total start value while Nevada’s education start value rocketed up 54% vs. 2010. View our infographic to see where your state fell.